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Firefox is now the last major browser that still supports uBlock Origin (www.pcworld.com)
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Firefox says it will keep supporting uBlock Origin even as Microsoft Edge and other Chromium browsers phase it out under Manifest V3.

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[–] 52 points 1 month ago (12 children)

You would think Apple would take the massive opportunity and bake in proper privacy and ad blocking to safari. Wouldn’t hurt their bottom line.

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  • [–] 21 points 1 month ago* (3 children)

    They have pretty good privacy and anti-fingerprinting stuff in Safari, but not ad blocking— although they do have an odd tool for “hiding distracting items“ that can work as an ad hoc ad blocker of sorts. On the other hand, ublock origin light works wonderfully for me. Both on macOS Safari and iOS Safari.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 child)

    I agree it works good for me as well as is, but it sure would be nice to see one baked in and on by default. It’s legitimately a safety thing, I would never turn an old person loose on the web just raw dog lol guaranteed a disaster. Every computer I’ve ever setup for a friend or family member the first thing I do is get Firefox dl on windows and install ublock if it’s a pc, or get get a blocker going on safari if it’s Mac.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 month ago (3 children)

    I haven't used MacOS or iOS for years so I'm out of the loop, but I thought Safari on both had pretty good extension support? I know Adguard is still great on both, a friend uses it (and I use it on my Linux and Android devices).

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago

    A few years ago they made some changes to how extensions work (iirc it was supposedly aimed at improving privacy by restricting what extensions can access).

    These days I use a paid iOS/macOS specific ad block app. It was like $3 one time purchase and it works great.

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  • [+] -8 points 1 month ago (3 children)

    WebKit doesn't run on Windows so this doesn't matter to them.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    You’re missing the point, WebKit not running on windows is exactly why this could be a good move for them. if they can do something better than what’s possible on windows they have a market advantage.

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